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The El Paso City Council unanimously approved a separation agreement with Tommy Gonzalez today…formally ending his employment with the city. Gonzalez’s last day on the job will be next Thursday.

The number of COVID-19 cases in El Paso is on an upward trend along with other cities across the United States, Europe and Asia.

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality fined the El Paso Water utility $2 million for the improper discharge of 1.2 billion gallons of wastewater into the Rio Grande in 2021.

Next year’s presidential election in Mexico may be a historic one as the two frontrunners are women. On Wednesday, Mexico’s governing political party Morena chose Claudia Sheinbaum, a former mayor of Mexico City as its candidate next year.

A group led by Republican Irene Armendariz-Jackson announced a recall effort for city representative Cassandra Hernandez at City Hall today. The group says it is nonpartisan.

El Paso Congresswoman Veronica Escobar and ten other members of the Texas Democratic Delegation are asking the Department of Justice for a comprehensive investigation of the border shooting involving a member of the Texas National Guard.

The Drug Enforcement Agency is leading a new effort to track drugs seized along the U.S.-Mexico border. The DEA and other federal agencies have established a new lab at the El Paso Intelligence Center on Fort Bliss.

DPS is investigating an early morning chase by a state trooper that ended with a crash. Nine people were transported to several hospitals. According to DPS, six of the people injured in the crash are migrants, and one is a child.

The Texas Department of Transportation’s updated 10-year plan includes $326 million for highway projects in El Paso County. Among the big ticket projects are the Downtown Interstate 10 widening project that will get $83 million extra dollars from the state.

There’s growing concern about more drownings in Rio Grande near Eagle Pass. Two bodies were pulled from the river this week. One was stuck in the buoy barrier created by the state of Texas to stop migrants from crossing.